There are many images of nuns out there – from the movies, from the media and from our own experiences in school or CCD. While the flowing robes of habit and confines of a wimple have given way to simple skirts or suits and a no-nonsense hair cut, few realize…
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Late fall in New England means disposing of all of those leaves that evolved from lush green of summer to brilliant reds, yellows and oranges of early fall to a crispy tan of late October and early November. Today by a combination of raking, blowing, grinding and shoveling, we filled…
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I was recently reminded that back on October 16, Jim Peters posted this article in which he singled out three council challengers – the three who were elected last Tuesday. I don’t know of anyone else whose electoral prediction was so accurate, so congratulations, Jim. Here’s the relevant part of…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Be sure to check it out. Anyone who has read this blog over the past year knows I am no fan of Rick Perry. But there’s no way I would delight in what he experienced in Wednesday’s Republican…
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On this day – November 13, 1830 – a poem by Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr. entitled “Old Ironsides” was published. The USS Constitution – “Old Ironsides” – on her 213th birthday – October 21, 2010. She is berthed at Pier 1 of the former Charlestown Navy Yard in Massachusetts. Holmes had…
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Ms Lura Smith local gospel singer, activist and philanthropist Community Teamwork, Inc. & the Merrimack Valley Regional Network to End Homelessness Present: Lura Smith in a Gospel Concert of Thanksgiving November 19, 2911 from 12:00 – 2:00PM Eliot Presbyterian Church 273 Summer Street Lowell MA Special Guest…
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The Textile Memorial Bridge Preservation Coalition will hold an event on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 2 pm to commemorate the 16 students/graduates of Lowell Textile Institute who died while serving in the military during World War Two. The event will start in front of Cumnock Hall and then proceed…
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The South Common did not host a Veterans Day event yesterday, but I was thinking about Veterans Day while walking my Boston Terrier just before suppertime. The sky in the west was filled with upswept periwinkle clouds trimmed in coral pink below. In the past few days the trees reached…
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We’ve been fortunate in early November with several warm days, but the cold weather will get here. The Lowell Transitional Living Center, “the Shelter” on Middlesex Street, needs $45,000 to cover costs for its expanded winter shelter program when the facility takes in as many as 50 more people each…
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The Greater Lowell Veterans Council held its annual Veterans Day ceremony today at the Polish American Veterans Club. The event featured a buffet breakfast inside the hall (shown above) followed by a speaking program and a wreath laying ceremony outside the club at which a rifle salute was fired and…
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